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November 4
215 years ago · 1811
“The practice of smuggling, which is odious everywhere, and particularly criminal in free governments.”
— James Madison
175 years ago · 1851
“If you intend to go to work, there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you cannot get along anywhere.”
— Abraham Lincoln
138 years ago · 1888
“The foregoing amendments are hereby approved.”
— Grover Cleveland